A Replacement Bride

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Beatrice picked at her clean fingertips, which was now pale. With her head lowered, she stared at the string of digits on her phone screen until it went blank, but her calls were not answered.

As her anxiety persisted, she bit her bottom lip until the shape of her beautiful lips changed while her cold pale face appeared frail.

This is the first time Joaquin missed my call.

Is it because of the woman Ian mentioned?

Who exactly is she?

For the first time in her life, she was panicking as she felt things were going out of control.

Why did something like this happen now after five years?

Feeling irritated, she decided it was time to ring him again.

This time, the call was answered quickly. The man's low and cold voice came through the phone, which had been softened significantly by the audio transmission. Beatrice's heart raced a little as she heard the indescribable bass and gentleness in his voice.

"Why didn't you answer my call earlier?" she muttered, feeling wronged and dissatisfied.

Joaquin glanced at the sleeping Katherine, whose cold expression softened under the dim light. Instead of appearing as icy as she had been in the past, her face appeared more tender.

Hearing Beatrice's complaint, he pursed his lips and gently replied, "I was busy. What happened? Who made you upset, hm?"

Beatrice's heart calmed a little when she heard his familiar tone and the unease she harbored was gone.

"I get nervous when I can't reach you. Joaquin, let's…"

At that moment, she was dying to ask him when he was going to marry her.

still had no plans to marry her. She

Now is not the right time. I'll marry you when the time comes." Joaquin

he chose her five years ago, he deserved

told him on her deathbed was still

his father, who was an irresponsible

whereas I'm a nobody. I only have you. What do I do if

was filled

time before slowly exhaling.

his promise

haven't seen you in quite some time. Can you make time for me? You're my boyfriend, but meeting you is difficult. When other people ask why, I can't even answer them." Beatrice smiled, gripping her phone and acting coquettishly with Joaquin as

down by saying, "I'm

around, he noticed Katherine, who was sleeping on the chair earlier, was already awake and now stared at himself with bright

suppose Miss Cornell has a habit of eavesdropping,

Katherine smirked as she arched her

the phone and spoke openly in front of her! As

my dear fiancé. I wasn't even interested in listening to what you had to say. Plus, I didn't even say anything about the fact that you had to answer

you have quite a temper." Joaquin snickered as he

and frail because of how pale her face was. Currently, her brows were furrowed, which

not want to engage in a conversation, Katherine yawned. "Drop me

had just completed an exhausting operation on a patient, which resulted in her

when she was woken up from her nap. As a result, Katherine conveyed her irritation with her brows tightened.

those words. Seeing that, Joaquin decided to stop

As such, he drove slowly and

in excitement. "Captain! Winson is awake! He's wide awake! Greg also stated that his injuries are no longer a concern. He simply needs to rest well for a few

out the patient had woken up, there was a one-eighty

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